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US sanctions the International Criminal Court hours after a former judge wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Donald Trump’s administration on Friday imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, hours after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former judge of the court, “for her effor...
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Politics
- Trump promises payments to voters ahead of midterms dominated by the cost of living
- Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice says she was coerced into barring Machado
- Lula targets non-voters and over-70s to overturn the first-round result
- Paraguay's opposition takes Asunción from the Colorado Party and holds Ciudad del Este
Energy & Oil
- Halliburton rules out Sea Lion after Argentina raised criminal and civil enforcement
- British foreign secretary reiterates support for the Falklands in meeting with Cheryl Roberts
- Uruguay's foreign minister separates the “invaded island” from the money extracted from the Falklands
- London rejects Argentina's arbitration and questions its “reliability” as a partner
Agriculture
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- Brazil grain harvest expected at 361.7 million tons, Conab, led by soybeans, corn and cotton
- Germany, extreme hot summer ripens grapes faster and advances wine harvest several weeks
- The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
Environment
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- A million square kilometres short: the ice ring around Antarctica keeps shrinking
- Falklands’ stamps and the story of the only reindeer world population unaffected by the Chernobyl radioactive fallout
- Argentine Patagonia national park will twin with a Welsh similar of Snowdonia
Entertainment
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- Drums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada
- Specialist outlets estimate GTA VI absenteeism could cost the US a billion dollars
- Ruben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83
Health & Science
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- Norway prepares to open The Whale Museum, 190 miles north of the Arctic Circle
- A personalized mRNA therapy passes a phase 3 melanoma trial for the first time
- Australia launches program to vaccinate colonies of little penguins against avian influenza
Tourism
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- Uruguay ranks third in Latin America for international air passengers per capita
- Latin American airports will need US$178 billion to nearly double their traffic
- A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route
